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Disregard of the release of Upper Egypt’s MB group members

It is noteworthy that Dr. Mahmoud Hussein, a member of the Guidance Bureau has suffered from a previous stroke, and also has atherosclerosis, high blood pressure and diabetes. In addition to this, he is in need of a second open heart operation...

Engaging Hamas: Risks and Opportunities

Based on a recent USIP report "Hamas: Ideological Rigidity, Political Flexibility" by Paul Scham and Osama abu-Irshaid, this discussion will explore how the international community can detect and take advantage of any willingness by Hamas to compromise, without making ourselves vulnerable to manipulation. How should we interpret this movement, what is the role of Shari'a law in Hama's political behavior and what are the policy implications of the report?..

Stopping Bloggers at Cairo Airport : A Mounting Trend

The Arabic Network for human Rights information, ANHRI, stated that stopping bloggers at Cairo airport and seizing their belongings has grown to include the American blogger Travis Randall , owner of the blog Travis’ Place, http://travisrandall.blogspot.com...

Egypt: Trial of officer accused of beating mentally disabled man starts Sunday

The trial of a police officer accused by local Egyptian human rights organizations of violently beating and torturing a mentally disabled man in Alexandria, is set to begin on Sunday..

Germans angered over name ruling, misunderstanding culture

A court in Berlin argued that the child could be named Djehad because it was an “accepted Arabic first name term.”..

Delays, renewals of detentions and postponements of court martialed detainees.

Hearings began today in the Cairo court with the sessions that were postponed in August for the appeals challenging the judicial court ruling. The appeals called for the release of 13 of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders two of whom were court martialed. The detainees have spent three-quarters of their sentence and were entitled releases according to law...

Finally, a court order release which has been respected

State security forces in Gharbiya released Dr Mosad Alsayed Ali Qutb afterthe court decided to end his detention...

Renewal of detention of 34 MB’s in Suez and Sharkia for a further 15 days

Suez General Prosecution decided today to continue the detention of 33 Brotherhood members from Suez who were withheld during the past two days for further investigations after they were charged with indictments similar to those included in all of the Brotherhood’s cases!..

Arrest of Egyptian Citizen in Swiss jails is a violation of the Geneva Conventions

The Sawasya Center for Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination condemned the ongoing detention of the Egyptian officer Mohammed Ghanem in the Swiss jails. He has been detained since March 2007 without being charged...

Security Harassments, Political powers Support at MB’s Ramadan Banquets

Ramadan Iftars hosted by the Muslim Brotherhood in the various governorates of Egypt, is usually attended by various national social and political powers from different political parties, civil institutions and Muslim and Christian clerics. These come amid difficult circumstances for the movement including arbitrary detentions and security harassments. The movement is accustomed to holding annually large banquet Iftars during the holy month of Ramadan...

Activists petition against Gamal Mubarak.

A group of activists petitioned a campaign against Gamal Mubarak over the internet opposing the idea of the bequeathing of power. The petition called for Gamal to step down from all NDP posts he assumed, and to resign from any responsibilities or official national activities where he wasn't voted in by the public. The petition demanded he be treated like any other civilian with no extra benefits...

Egypt: Al-Azhar website hacked

The prominent Sunni Muslim religious institution has become Egypt’s latest Internet victim after it was hacked early Sunday morning. Visitors to the website seeking information on Islam were surprised by the new homepage created by the hackers, who had replaced the original site with a new network that posted the name “sovalye-starturk” in its place...

BM News: MB Deputy calls for Egypt action in Libya case

An Egyptian member of the Muslim Brotherhood Parliamentary bloc, Abdel Fatah Eid, called for an “urgent” inquiry to be conducted and given to Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit over what he called the fai..

Mubarak's mission

The Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, is paying his first visit to Washington for five years. The main topic for discussion is the Obama administration's Middle East peace plan, which is to be announced next month. US officials will also be looking for any clues as to what might happen once Mr Mubarak's current term expires in 2011...

Arab Human Development Report 2009

Dr. Homoud also maintains as touched by the report that unless and if the historical misgivings are not offset there cannot be a long term concrete realization of ‘Human development’ and ‘Human Security’ in the Arab World. Summarizing some of his thoughts on the matter Dr. Naseer further observed that modern world had its climax in the defeat of Nazis. The Second World War had produced somewhat a bi polar world. World divided by Atlantic Ocean. On one side of Atlantic was United States..

Continued detention of bloggers shows disregard for law in Egypt

Their arrests coincide with the ongoing crackdowns against Muslim Brotherhood reformists. In late June, leading MB figure Dr. Abdel Moneim Aboul Futouh, a member of the Executive Bureau, was detained and remains in police custody without charge. These arrests, the MB believes, are aimed at sending a message of intimidation to the country’s opposition, which highlights the intricate role over the group’s growing impact upon Egypt’s political life...

The Brotherhood and Politics: This Ain’t Working

Political Islam” : Not really a Useful Term. Often times in the American media, the MB is classified as a “Political Islam” group but this is so misleading. In my view, we have to classify the group as they classify themselves, in their local discourse which would be “a group that seems comprehensive and gradual reform of society through deep engagement with society.” Yes, I know that doesn’t sound as interesting, and its harder to get that concept across in a brief NY TIMES op-ed..

The release of thirteen MB detainees to be challenged.

Abdel-Maksoud stated that the appeal sessions will begin August 10th and will continue until August 15th. He pointed out that these appeals are worthless, even if the appeals brought to the State’s Council Court legally qualified, this would not stop the implementation of the provisions in accordance with the provisions of Article 50 of the State Council...

Underhanded decision to shut down Cairo-based Union of Arab Doctors.

A well-informed source in the Arab Doctors Union in Cairo revealed that there is tight security restrictions now arranged to prevent the Union from exercising its humanitarian role which threatened to transfer its headquarters from Cairo. The sources stressed, that secret measures are under way to shut down the headquarters of the Union in Cairo especially after Dr. Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh, Secretary-General of the Arab Doctors Union was detained under investigations in the case of th..

New MB victim of torture by the SSI

The family used to visit Maher weekly until they found out on the third visit that he suffers from acute headaches to the point of tears due to weak analgesics given to him by the prison doctor. When the family decided to visit him the fourth time on June 29, they noted a squint and severe tumor in his eyes. It was diagnosed by Maher’s brother as paralysis of the eye as a direct result of high pressure on the optic nerve blood flow. He was advised by his brother to demand from the pris..